I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOELIt took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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